StudyQA — Master: Fashion Innovation and Realisation

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Designed to support your professional development within the fashion industry, you will gain a thorough understanding of industry design, technology and commercial practice in an environment designed to support your creativity.

Course available to study full time (1 year) and part time (2 years)
Develops innovative fashion practice through guidance with businesses and entrepreneurs involved with the industry
Interdisciplinary, flexible and modular programme of study
Extensive opportunities for networking and collaboration within the fashion and related industries
Additional funding available via Susan Cotton Travel Award and the Michael Pugh Thomas and Julia Carter Preston Legacy postgraduate study awards

Why study this course at LJMU?

Fashion Innovation and Realisation has the ability to liberate, transform and invoke power and, through shape and form, challenge traditional concepts of beauty, role and world perceptions.

You will be based in our award-winning John Lennon Art and Design Building which has the equipment and facilities you'll need to develop, create and photograph your work. In a competitive, portfolio-driven industry that requires creative skill and the ability to network, you will be well positioned to advance your career.

The School itself offers opportunities for cross-disciplinary practice, and our Special Collections provision archives works on costume, feminism, the psychology of dress and its respective social scene.

Whether you are a recent graduate or a professional in fashion and related industries, such as marketing, journalism, photography, film and pattern cutting, Fashion Innovation and Realisation MA allows you to advance your current skills and expertise and engage in an advanced level of fashion-related academic study.

This flexible, modular programme will allow you to develop your skills, experience and expertise through experimental, innovative practice and fashion theory. The programme then switches to ‘realisation’ modules, achieved through collaborative and interdisciplinary practice, and a studio culture supported by lectures, seminars and visiting lecturers. Wherever possible, you will be able to access undergraduate inductions and basic workshops to revisit skills or investigate new technologies for your study.

Your studies will culminate in the development and presentation of a final major project where you will present the outcomes of your individual learning plan.

Fashion is a mature subject within the Liverpool School of Art and Design and you will have access to the latest digital equipment as well as traditional fashion techniques that are seeing a re-emergence in the fashion sector. The facilities available in our John Lennon Art and Design Building will provide all the equipment you need to develop, create and photograph work.

Fashion research methods
Fashion research project
Collaborative practice
Studio practice
Final major project

Requirements

You will need an Honours degree (minimum 2:1) in an arts or fashion industry-related subject
International applicants are required to demonstrate equivalent qualifications and must also demonstrate a proficiency in communicating through English, via an IELTS test with a score of 6.5 (Minimum 5.5 in each component) or equivalent.
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The application fee is £13 if you’re applying to just one course, or £24 for multiple courses
All academic transcripts
Interview
A portfolio of work to be presented at interview
Copies of degree/diploma certificates or work reference (if employed)
One academic reference
Your personal statement
Copy of your valid passport (with a minimum of 6 months left before expiration)
If you have applied to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU, you should check if you require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate. It can take four to six weeks to receive an ATAS certificate, so please make sure you apply as early as possible. You can find out more on the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) website. Alternatively, contact LJMU’s International Admissions Team for guidance.
Please note: international students entering on a Tier 4 visa cannot study part time. Students entering the UK on alternate types of visa may be in a position to study part time. Please contact LJMU’s International Admissions Team for further details before making your application.
In order to obtain a visa you will also need to show evidence that the money required to cover your tuition fees and living expenses has been in your bank account for at least 28 days prior to submitting your visa application. So please make sure that your finances are in place before applying.